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Raven's Singularity Delayed Until 2010

Activision Blizzard delays the new Raven shooter so as not to clash with Modern Warfare 2's release.

Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 is probably the single biggest release still to arrive this calendar year. As such, publisher Activision Blizzard has decided to bump the release date of its other shooter -- Raven's Singularity -- back to March of 2010 in order to prevent loss of potential sales.

"The level of excitement for Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 coming out of E3 well exceeded our expectations and therefore we have decided to move Raven's upcoming sci-fi first person action title, Singularity, from 2009 to Q1 2010," said Activision in a statement.

"We believe that the March quarter will provide a better opportunity to establish the new cutting-edge action IP as a 'must-have' title and clears the way for Modern Warfare 2 to dominate this holiday season,"

Fair enough. Will Raven spend the extra time polishing and enhancing the game? We'll know more towards the end of the year.

Bryn says: Can't really blame Acti for wanting to maximize sales of Modern Warfare 2, or if you look at it another way, cannibalizing potential sales of Singularity. Either way, based on the track record of Infinity Ward's shooters, there's a real good chance that Modern Warfare 2 will be the biggest selling game this year no matter what.